The Orange Card system, part of the International Motor Insurance Card System, is an arrangement between authorities and insurance organizations to ensure the victims of road accidents in case of injury or damage sustained in multiple states. The Orange card was established between most of the members of the Arab Leagues and is applicable primarily in the Middle East and North Africa.

This is a unified insurance scheme, which is required by vehicles traveling from one Arab country to another. It is an independent card, and the coverage offered in valid outside the geographical borders of the country where it was issued. The orange insurance card is applied to the traffic within the Arab countries.

Established in the year 1986 as a Bahraini Joint Stock company (Closed), UIC was formed with the main purpose of providing insurance to all vehicles which travel through the King Fahad’s Causeway in accordance with the Bahrain Insurance Company Law and the Arab Treaty for vehicles crossing Arab countries.